G'day Barbara, If you like to have a look at the following site you can see and download a picture of the town cross and also a picture of the Coat of Arms. www.peebles.info Best wishes Col Paterson Happily retired in the Green behind the Gold of Queensland Australia

OOPS! It was as plain as the nose on my face! The Coat of Arms of Peebles was in the upper left hand corner of the web-site! DUH! Thanks Colin.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Paterson" <colinpat@hotkey.net.au> To: <SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 4:36 PM Subject: RE: [Peebles] Peebles Coat of Arms > G'day Barbara, > If you like to have a look at the following site you can see and download a > picture of the town cross and also a picture of the Coat of Arms. > www.peebles.info > > Best wishes > Col Paterson > Happily retired in the Green behind the Gold of Queensland Australia G'Day to you too, Colin, And Thank you for the excellent tip! I have that website, but I guess I didn't look hard enough! I found the pic of the town cross, but not the picture of the Coat of Arms. I just took a quick look and will explore it further... Thanks again, Are you from the Peebles area too? I don't know what you mean about the Green behind the Gold in Australia. ?? Best Wishes, Barb on the cool wet coast of BC. > > > > ==== SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE Mailing List ==== > ~~ SUBJECT LINES ~~ > Think about it!! A picture's worth 1000 words; a Subject Line more! > The 4 W's: Who? What? When? and Where? Don't leave home without 'em! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi to everone on the list. This is in reply to Arnold Lawson-researching William Lawson who married Margaret BRYDON on 5 April 1835 in Peebles. My G.Great Grandfather William WOOD Ploughman, "Forest Hill" Eddlestone, Peebles married Janet BRYDON daughter of Walter BRYDON, Shepherd, Tonside(?) > I was wondering if there would be any connection. Also if there is anyone researching WOOD family Eddlestone, Peebles. William WOOD who I quoted above was the son of William Wood and Margaret DALGLEISH who was born 27 Jan 1818 in "Bellfield" Eddlestone, Peebles. The other children of William WOOD and Margaret DALGLEISH where Agnes Wood 14May 1808, Helen Grosart Wood 20June 1812, Janet Wood 16 Aug 1814, Ann WOOD 4 Aug 1816. Allison WOOD 18 Dec 1820 John WOOD b 29 May 1822, Jane WOOD 1825, Jean WOOD 4 Jan 1827, Margaret WOOD 2 July 1829and Alexander WOOD born 20 Mar 1831. Also does any one know of the -- "Bellfield" or "Forest Hill" as quoted in Eddlestone. My Gfather who married ISABELLA PURDIE was born in Eddlestone and when they came to Australia 1865c they named their farm "Forest Hill Farm" Any help would be appreciated.

To Barb in BC I'm looking for a Caroline in California whose maiden name was Bolster. I don't know her married name. Her mother had letters and pictures from our family in Peebles. Family names in Peebles are MORRISON - RUSSELL AND WALLACE. Can you help me? Karol

Chris, The coat of arms that you describe is for the family name of Peebles. It sounds as though you live in Australia. I reside in Brisbane Queensland and have recently embarked on my family genealogy ultimately searching for living relatives. I have a basic website for this purpose that will be updated with info as time permits. www.wildethyme.tripod.com/peebles/index.html Craig Peebles. wildethyme@bigpond.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris peebles" <plesebe@optusnet.com.au> To: <SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:43 AM Subject: Re: [Peebles] Peebles Coat of arms > 29June, 2002 > > Dear Carolyn and others, > > What about the Peebles coat of arms that has a black Chevron (V) on a white > or silver background separating 3 poppinjays (parrots). Which coat of arms > is for what? > Regards, > > Chris Peebles > Email: plesebe@optusnet.com.au

THANKS to all the kind-folk that answered my query about the Peebles Coat of Arms, that was on the set of spoons left to me by my Father. I appreciate it very much! I learn so much from this list. Thanks All, Barbara in BC.Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ferguson" <aveferguson@actrix.co.nz> To: <SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 2:59 PM Subject: [Peebles] Re: Coat of arms. > Hello fellow listers, > I have just looked up an article written by my Gt Aunt about her father and the place where he grew up. > > ........."Grandpa was the Provost of Peebles, a town of about 7000 very scattered population, about 40 to 50 miles from Edinburgh, and situatued on the River Tweed. It was once a walled town and has its old castle, 'Neidpath' > The Arms of the town consist of a shield with three fishes, counter-swimming, one swimming up and two down the stream, as indication the increase by spawning with the motto 'Contra Mando Incrementum' (Increase by swimming against the flood), St Andrew with his cross is sometimes introduced as crest and a patron saint of the original parish church. In the centre of the main street in Peebles stands the cross. It consists of a shaft of stone about 3 1/2ft in circumference and 12 ft. high with ornamental front surmounted by a sun-dial with four faces bearing at the corners the date 1699........................ > > Please bear in mind that this was written in 1953 by a then elderly aunt. ( I do not think that she ever travelled to Scotland) > > Hope that this helps > Ave > in sunny mild Napier, NZ > > > > > ==== SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE Mailing List ==== > Visited the *NEW* RootsWeb Message Boards yet? Take a tour soon & see > how time-saving "Gateway" messages can be compared to finding *new* > ones on your own. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Caroline, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Thanks for writing. I find it so interesting to find answers to these mysteries! It seems to be the consensus of opinion that the square with the three fishes is the Peebles coat of arms, and likely these spoons were a tourist/gift item. Just don't know who sent them to my Father. Interesting that your dish was painted in the same manner? Makes me wish I had asked more questions when my father was still around! <smile> He used to buy books from a Mr. Easton who had a post office and gift shop in Peebles or Innerleithen, so it could have come from him. My Aunt (his sister) married a FERGUSON from that area also.My Fathers name was Harper. Thanks for your letter and will pass on anything new I learn about it, Best Wishes, Barb in BC.

Hello fellow listers, I have just looked up an article written by my Gt Aunt about her father and the place where he grew up. ........."Grandpa was the Provost of Peebles, a town of about 7000 very scattered population, about 40 to 50 miles from Edinburgh, and situatued on the River Tweed. It was once a walled town and has its old castle, 'Neidpath' The Arms of the town consist of a shield with three fishes, counter-swimming, one swimming up and two down the stream, as indication the increase by spawning with the motto 'Contra Mando Incrementum' (Increase by swimming against the flood), St Andrew with his cross is sometimes introduced as crest and a patron saint of the original parish church. In the centre of the main street in Peebles stands the cross. It consists of a shaft of stone about 3 1/2ft in circumference and 12 ft. high with ornamental front surmounted by a sun-dial with four faces bearing at the corners the date 1699........................ Please bear in mind that this was written in 1953 by a then elderly aunt. ( I do not think that she ever travelled to Scotland) Hope that this helps Ave in sunny mild Napier, NZ

29June, 2002 Dear Carolyn and others, What about the Peebles coat of arms that has a black Chevron (V) on a white or silver background separating 3 poppinjays (parrots). Which coat of arms is for what? Regards, Chris Peebles Email: plesebe@optusnet.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: cp kerson <cpkerson@yahoo.com> To: <SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [Peebles] Peebles Coat of arms > > Dear Barbara, > I have a similar coat of arms on a small disk that my father had painted. Don't know what he copied it from and always wondered, if he, being an artist, had made it up. Now it looks as if he did copy it from something. The description of the coat of arms on the spoons seem to match. Maybe they were a tourist item - who knows???? Good luck in your search. My maiden name is Peebles, so if you find anything out, I would be pleased to hear about it. > Sincerely, Carolyn Peebles Kerson, Summerfield, Florida > Barbara Logan <blogan@shaw.ca> wrote: Hello LIsters, > I have a set of 6 silver spoons left to me from my Father, which has (I am told) the Peebles Coat of Arms > on it. > Shield being on the handle, wire-twist stem, > The Top symbol has a knight's head with trailing lines,then a square in center with three fishes in it. > Is this a "tourist item" , > I am trying to trace it, in case it is a trophy of some kind or just a gift set sold in stores. > My Father was from Innerleithen and Peebles. > Any ideas? > Thanks for your time in reading this, > Barbara (Harper) Logan in BC Canada. > > > ==== SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE Mailing List ==== > ~~ The List GOLDEN RULE ~~ > Keep to genealogy, history, anything ancestor! Keep it clean & cool. > Treat others as you want them to treat you...Positively *NO* selling! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > ==== SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE Mailing List ==== > Don't overlook the broad resources available from RootsWeb, > WorldGenWeb, Ancestry, GEN-UKI or other sites on the World Wide Web. > If you don't know where to look, you never will if you don't ask! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Dear Barbara, I have a similar coat of arms on a small disk that my father had painted. Don't know what he copied it from and always wondered, if he, being an artist, had made it up. Now it looks as if he did copy it from something. The description of the coat of arms on the spoons seem to match. Maybe they were a tourist item - who knows???? Good luck in your search. My maiden name is Peebles, so if you find anything out, I would be pleased to hear about it. Sincerely, Carolyn Peebles Kerson, Summerfield, Florida Barbara Logan <blogan@shaw.ca> wrote: Hello LIsters, I have a set of 6 silver spoons left to me from my Father, which has (I am told) the Peebles Coat of Arms on it. Shield being on the handle, wire-twist stem, The Top symbol has a knight's head with trailing lines,then a square in center with three fishes in it. Is this a "tourist item" , I am trying to trace it, in case it is a trophy of some kind or just a gift set sold in stores. My Father was from Innerleithen and Peebles. Any ideas? Thanks for your time in reading this, Barbara (Harper) Logan in BC Canada. ==== SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE Mailing List ==== ~~ The List GOLDEN RULE ~~ Keep to genealogy, history, anything ancestor! Keep it clean & cool. Treat others as you want them to treat you...Positively *NO* selling! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup

Hello LIsters, I have a set of 6 silver spoons left to me from my Father, which has (I am told) the Peebles Coat of Arms on it. Shield being on the handle, wire-twist stem, The Top symbol has a knight's head with trailing lines,then a square in center with three fishes in it. Is this a "tourist item" , I am trying to trace it, in case it is a trophy of some kind or just a gift set sold in stores. My Father was from Innerleithen and Peebles. Any ideas? Thanks for your time in reading this, Barbara (Harper) Logan in BC Canada.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ruickbie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZeC.2ACE/279.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Trish, Haven't delved into origins of Ruickbie name. However, I have quite a few Ruickbies I've gleaned from the IGI, including a Margaret Ruickbie who was half sister to my grandfather John Fairbairn. I'm more than happy to share what I have with you, but perhaps you could contact me off-list to save cluttering the list up for other folks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZeC.2ACE/279.1 Message Board Post: I was wondering if you knew the origin the name Ruickbie? My grandmother who died before I was born came from Peebles, Scotland. Her name was Margaret Ruickbie.

I read that there was a famous Mr. Brodie from Innerleithen (Peebleshire) that built some sort of textile factory so that the old people and children would be able to make a living there, and he continued it even though the place was not profitable to him. He also donated money to supplement what the church gave to the poor and paid tuition so that poor children could go to school. He had moved to London, I believe, where his true business interests were. Even after about 200 years, they still speak fondly of him. He may be related to your Brodie, and if so, there should be people there that would know about that family. I was very impressed with the account of his philanthropy. Diane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRODIE, HASTIE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZeC.2ACE/288 Message Board Post: Looking for BRODIE connections in Peebleshire. Alexander BRODIE was born about 1802 in Peebles, Peebleshire and died 14 Sep 1875 in Tranent, Haddingtonshire. His death certificate gives his father as John BRODIE, but mother is unknown. Alexander BRODIE married Martha HASTIE (probably born about 1813 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire). Alexander and Martha had at leat 7 children born in various places across Haddingtonshire.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ferguson Bain Classification: Immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZeC.2ACE/287 Message Board Post: Catherine Ferguson was born around 1861 and lived in Peebles. She immigrated to New Zealand sometime before 1890. Father Peter Ferguson (born Perth), Mother Mary Bain or Main. Any information on my grand mother would be appreciated, when she immigrated, or which ship or her family in Scotland

G"day, Jim Keddie! My name is Colin Paterson, my 4 X Great grandmother was Elizabeth Keddie of a place called Peebles in Scotland she married John Paterson and they raised a family of eleven children, the two eldest boys moved to Australia arriving in Melbourne aboard a White Star line clipper named Mooresfort in January 1854. After about nine years James the elder of the two boys died from heart failure and five years after that his brother William Keddie Paterson moved his family to New Zealand. Avis is descended from that line whilst I am descended from James line. I would really appreciate if you could copy the information you had for Ave to me as well. There is an excellent website at www.peebles.info So, what part of Canada are you in? Are you Canadian born and bred or did you migrate there? Real stickybeak aren't I? Kind regards Col Paterson http://www.perthdps.com/research/pat01.html

Ave, I have a painting of Tweed Green done in 1836 which shows the two schools. I also have some old pictures taken in the 1800s of Tweed Green and the schools. I have a copy of the first book printed in Peebles in 1899. In this book there are references to a John Paterson and his wife "Nannie Cosh" who lived in the Briggate. I don't know if this is your Paterson family but if you have more detailed info it can be checked.. If you contact me privately I can send you copies of this information as the pictures would have to be sent as attachments. There are also references to Keddies in this book. My family lived in one of the old schools (which were converted to housing about 1901) from 1909 until 2001. Regards Jim Keddie Canada

Dear Listers, Is there any one who has any information on this boarding School please. TWEED GREEN Boarding School kept by Mr Sloan and Son. My gt Grandfather WILLIAM KEDDIE PATERSON attended it and I presume his siblings did as well. A suggestion That it was mainly for the children of Military.Personnel. William was born in 1827 in Peebles and I am unsure at what age he would have attended. Many thanks Ave in a Wintery New Zealand.